The Indians have always had to struggle through life. It could be said that this is still true today. The colonists always claimed to work problems out with the Indians, through Treaties or something of this sort. Unfortunately, the Indians were always lied to. Promises were never kept. Yet they were the first people to cultivate and make this land their home. The Fort Laramie Treaty was just another hoax to the Indians. There were …
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…taking the Black Hills and extinguishing all Lakota rights outside the Great Sioux Reservation" (Calloway, 273). The Indians never did receive the things that were promised to them or the things that they wanted back. This includes respect. The Fort Laramie Treaty was a joke toward the Indians, because the Americans were just placing them where they wanted them for the time being. To this day, the Indians still remain without the things that they deserve.